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TITLE:
McAfee Virex VShieldExclude.txt Privilege Escalation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24337

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24337/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
McAfee VirusScan for Mac (Virex) 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/274/

DESCRIPTION:
Kevin Finisterre has reported a vulnerability in McAfee Virex, which
can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to /Library/Application
Support/Virex/VShieldExclude.txt having insecure permissions (world
writable) and being created insecurely. This can be exploited to
create arbitrary files with escalated privileges via symlink
attacks.

The vulnerability is reported in version 7.7. Other versions may also
be affected.

SOLUTION:
McAfee Virex version 7.7 (Build 163):

Apply Virex 77 Patch 1 (see vendor advisory for details).
https://mysupport.mcafee.com/eservice_enu/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Kevin Finisterre

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
McAfee:
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/283/518722_f.SAL_Public.html

Netragard Research:
http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/NETRAGARD-20070220.txt

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